Stoudts Pils

Brewed by Stoudts Brewing Co.
Style: Classic German Pilsener
Adamstown, Pennsylvania USA

Sweet bready and biscuity aroma. A little fruity/earthy also. Smells reminiscient of a Paulaner or Bitburger. Pale gold with a small white head with nice lacing. Flavor is sweet initially maltiness accompanied by a peppery crisp hoppiness. Finishes crisp, but does have a lingering sweetness. I just had a Drakes Pilsner, and this definitley has a little more body and is a little less thirst quenching. Still, it is a nice beer, but I think I enjoy Paulaner or Bitburger a little more.

12 oz. bottle from MrBendo. I had wanted to try this one for awhile. Pour is clear, light golden with a medium white head. Aroma is earthy / grainy with some hoppiness. Taste is very smooth, with a nice edge with the Pilsener hoppiness accenting the finish. Very drinkable beer, and perfect for a warm summer night.

POurs straw yellow gold with a medium head. Aroma shows the hops and yeats flavors. The mouthfeel and palate show the crisp and dry yest flavors that roll into the fuller hop/malt finish.

Bottle. Pours clear light gold with a medium white head. Aroma is grain, and a bit of mustiness, as well as sharp hops. Nice contrast. The flavor is again grainy, with the hops really used well for a nice bittering before the quick dry finish.

After being very dissapointed in their APA and DIPA (over-rated in my book), I had just about given up on Stoudt’s. But I heard this was good and...I must admit it is. Straw color, crystal clear, fluffy white head that stick around through the whole pint. Earthy/floral german hops in the aroma and flavor. Easy drinking. A great alternative to skunked/abused imports.

pours a pee colored yellow, with a bright white head. Quite clear, head lingers for a while. smells barnyard, musk, some cheddar cheese. Tastes quite bitter, probably the most bitter pilsner I’ve ever had. lots of hops, and some cheddar. and a distinticve lemon taste. Pretty good.

Yellow gold, nice white head. Grainy, soapy aroma. Very hoppy, and fairly thin bodied. I must confess, i kind of have a weakness for stuff like this. Almost harch, and a very assertive finish. I enjoyed this one.

06-Jun-07 (12 oz bottle: Purchased at BevMo in La Jolla, CA) Okay, so I think my earlier review was a tad harsh. Though this beer isn’t my style of pilsener, it’s still quite drinkable in a pinch. It’s a very grassy and zesty pilsener, a grasslike hoppiness that dominates all other aspects of the beer to the point where the grainy maltiness is almost a background flavor. What’s not lost is the moderate sweetness of the malt, which hurts the palate-refreshing factor. The beer also has an odd orange-citrus undertone, a fruitiness that seems out of place for the style. Despite all of this style oddities going on, I can’t say I find this beer unpleasant, though I’d knock off several style points if this were BJCP scoring. Light-medium in body, well-carbonated mouthfeel leads to gassy burps. Spice, composted grass, and citrus in the nose. Medium-straw in color is a bit pale to me, and a slight haze inappropriately fogs the beer. Snow white heading fades to a thin, broken layer atop the beer, but lacing is beautifully ringed. Overall, this is a very flavorful pilsener for sure, and though the flavors seem bizarre for a German-style pilsener, I wouldn’t refuse one if someone handed me a bottle on a warm day.

15-Mar-05 (12 oz bottle: Obtained in trade with slob, thanks Bert!) Wow, I gotta say honestly, after pouring this beer into my pint glass, this looks like Budweiser. Medium yellow in color, perfectly clear, topped by a medium-size white head, and with an army of large carbonation bubbles quickly rising through the beer, this looks like fizzy, yellow beer. Yup, if I didn’t have the bottle in front of me, I would think this was a mass-produced American pale lager. I’m not terribly excited to taste the beer, but you never know, so here goes. Well, it definitely tastes better than Budweiser, that’s for sure, and it shows much more character and quality, but it’s not my style of pilsener. The nose is very grassy, with not much else showing through. Flavor wise, it’s a very dry, spicy pilsener, minimally sweet, very light on the malt, dominated by the spicy, moderately bitter hops. Clean, dry, crisp palate, light in body, well-carbonated, and this just doesn’t have a nice mouthfeel. The head eventually settles to a sheen, but there is plenty of delicate lacing on the glass. I don’t care if Stoudt’s is a well-respected brewer of fine beers, I refuse to inflate my scores because of the brewer. I don’t like this beer.